Tuesday, April 29, 2008

This piece turned out to be a bad cropping decision on my part. Roger rested his right leg on the back of a chair, placed all his body weight on this left leg and held it for 20 minutes. I've been more focused on drawing hands lately. Unfortunately, he happened to place his in front of his groin. I was well aware of this but didn't give it too much thought. I started at the shoulder, making sure I have enough space for the arm and hands. While so involved in capturing the hands, I was totally oblivious to how they fit in with the rest of the figure. Usually. after I do a painting I tend to distance myself from it. When the water dries I pack the drawings up and look at them the next day with fresh (and sober) eyes. Unpacking the drawings the next morning, I realized how "pornographic" this painting turned out. I'm sorry if this offends anyone. I'm even more sorry if you didn't see the bad crop until I pointed it out.

Monday, April 14, 2008

This is one of the first watercolors from the Society of Illustrators drawn in 2005, before I became the moderator. I started helping out a few months prior (actually 3 years ago this week). After making friends with Jacqui Morgan, I decided to get back to watercolors, which I hadn't used in some time at that point. You can see the hesitation in the spare amounts I used in this piece.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

title: Kika, Standing In Contrapposto, Her Hands On Her Hips, A Purple Feather Boa Draped Over Her Left Shouldersize: 11x15 in.medium: watercolorprice: $150.00

I have a stack of "reject" watercolors (figure drawings that are not "Nude of the Day" quality) which I use the backs of when I'm running low on watercolor paper. Last week, after a grueling move to my new apartment, (I'm still having a hard time finding where anything is) I grabbed a stack of "reject" paper to take with me to the Society of Illustrators. I had a pretty bad night with plenty of new rejects to add to the pile. But when looking over my disasters from that night, I came across this painting of Kika. Having a fresh look at this piece I realized that I really like the attitude in it. So this one is saved from the "reject" pile.

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I used to moderate the Jazz & Sketch figure drawing sessions at the Society of Illustrators. On a weekly basis I would produce enough drawings and paintings to fill 365 days worth of posts. I've continued the practice of weekly figure drawing since moving to Portland, OR. I want to make the drawings available to the public instead of having them collect dust.

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